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To: jbe who wrote (1174)	3/25/1998 10:39:00 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (3) of 1614

Hi jbe, There is some speculation that BLANK may have derived from the Latin futuo, the Frenchfoutre, and the German ficken, all of which mean the same thing. The word BLANK was used by William Dunbar in a poem in 1503. From my favorite sourcebook, Mother Tongue: BLANK is the most versatile of English words-- make a mess of something-BLANK up be provocative-BLANK around invite someone to depart-BLANK off be estimable-BLANKing A! be baffled-BLANKed if I know be disgusted-BLANK this! plus the wonderful military acronyms-snafu, fubar, and fubb It certainly isn't the word or its legitimate derivation that makes it questionable, but the emotional connotations it has for people. If you call a Chinese person a turtle, it's very nasty, and the word devil in Norwegian is as bad as BLANK. Some cultures don't even have swear words. Cutest swear word--the Finns have none, so when they need one, they say ravintolassa. It means "in the restaurant".

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